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With 239 residents, it is a town in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.
With fewer than 1,000 residents, Cléré-du-Bois falls below the line for grades. 15% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: 36% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Cléré-du-Bois does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cléré-du-Bois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ensemble castral, in Châtillon-sur-Indre, 4.4 mi away.
48% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cléré-du-Bois.
14% are under 15, about level with Indre’s towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 20% of adults. The middle age in Cléré-du-Bois is 56.3.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
| Cléré-du-Bois | Indre median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.1% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 27% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre median and France median: the median of compared communes
Cléré-du-Bois holds 50 jobs; 100 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,700 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 9.6% of working residents in Cléré-du-Bois didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Cléré-du-Bois: 9 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Cléré-du-Bois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cléré-du-Bois yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cléré-du-Bois | 239 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Loches Indre-et-Loire | 6,234 | 14 | C+ | B | D | B |
| Buzançais | 4,356 | 15 | B | A+ | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Cléré-du-Bois is a commune of 239 people in the Communauté de communes du Châtillonnais en Berry. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.